Bill and Nancy Brown ring the bells of South Church in Concord as Pam Young watches on Friday at the appointed time of 4 p.m. Credit: GEOFF FORESTER / Monitor staff The City Beat is a free Monday ...
MOSCOW – More than 10 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church is still recovering from damage done to its churches and monasteries. Last week, the church and its ...
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MOSCOW—At the top of the bell tower of Danilov Monastery, fruit flies buzz around the dark metal bells and a cool breeze sweeps off the nearby Moscow river. The 11 bells hang in heavy silence, far ...
A set of antique bells given to Harvard University in 1930 is creating a bigger din than officials want to hear. The bells once belonged to Moscow’s Saint Danilov Monastery, thought to be the oldest ...
SOUTH CANAAN TWP. – They came from near and far Saturday, called by faith to the 113th annual pilgrimage at St. Tikhon of Zadonsk Orthodox Monastery. America’s oldest Orthodox monastery, St. Tikhon’s ...
The sound of church bells ringing is deeply evocative, bringing to mind Sunday services and wedding celebrations. The tradition of ringing bells at churches dates back more than a thousand years – and ...